sculpture

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Related topics: Sculpture

[countableC, uncountableU]AVS an object made out of stone, wood, clay etc by an artist 雕像，雕刻品，雕塑作品

sculpture of

a sculpture of an elephant

一尊大象雕塑

an exhibition of sculpture

雕塑展

2. [uncountableU]AVS the art of making objects out of stone, wood, clay etc 雕刻艺术，雕塑艺术

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ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sculpture

a stone/marble/bronze etc sculpture (=made of stone, marble etc)

Opposite the chapel is a bronze sculpture of Cardinal Schwarzenberg.

an abstract sculpture

an abstract sculpture of the universe

monumental sculpture (=built as a monument)

the monumental sculpture of ancient Greece

verbs

make a sculpture

He will be making a new sculpture for the exhibition.

create/produce a sculpture

Local artists were asked to create sculptures for the garden.

phrases

a piece of sculpture

This is a magnificent piece of sculpture.

an exhibition of sculpture

a large exhibition of modern sculpture

Examples from the Corpus

sculpture• It's a sculpture garden above the eye-level of the birds.• the history of European painting and sculpture• a life-size bronze sculpture• Once moved by sculpture, she had a glimmer of its purpose.• This revolution, however, was not launched until a generation after that in sculpture.• In addition to paintings and collages, he does junk sculptures, carved-wood creations, drawings.• All over the enormous lobby were living mobile sculptures.• Sculptural monographs often contain little information on this topic, and photographs of sculptures insitu are missing.• This is the first of a series of biennial exhibitions which will include painting, sculpture, photography, installation and video.• The idea that these people could have designed the Parthenon or carved the sculptures of Praxiteles is laughable.

Origin sculpture

(1300-1400) Latin sculptura, from sculpere “to carve”

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